People
Create, view, edit, and manage individual person records in HypLab.
People
People are individual person records with 113+ standardized fields matching CDP (Customer Data Platform) standards. This page covers everything about creating, viewing, editing, and managing people.
Creating people
Generate from a template (recommended)
This is the fastest way to create people with realistic, coherent data.
- Go to Templates.
- Select a template.
- Click "Generate People".
- Choose how many people to generate (1-10).
- Click "Generate".
The AI fills in all the fields specified in the template with realistic values. A persona is automatically created or updated and linked to the generated people.
Create manually
- Go to People.
- Click "Create Person" (or "Add Person").
- Fill in the fields you need -- they are organized by field group in collapsible sections.
- Click "Save".
Not all fields are required. Fill in what's relevant to your use case.
Viewing people
People list
The People page shows all people in your current workspace.
- Pagination: 20 people per page by default.
- Search: Find people by name, email, or other fields.
- Sorting: Sort by creation date, name, etc.
- Workspace-scoped: You only see people in the workspace you currently have selected.
Person detail
Click any person to see their full profile. Fields are organized into 15 groups:
- Identity -- person IDs, source tracking, identity confidence
- Name and Contact -- names, emails, phones, addresses
- Demographics -- age, gender, company, role, department
- Consent -- GDPR/CCPA compliance, opt-outs
- Communication -- preferred channels, interests, quiet hours
- Lifecycle -- customer journey stage, RFM scores
- Transactions -- order count, lifetime revenue, subscription
- Behavioral -- event tracking, feature usage
- Segmentation -- persona associations, segment labels
- Enrichment -- enrichment metadata, providers
- Identity Graph -- related profiles, household ID
- Twins -- digital twin info, sync status
- Experimentation -- A/B test participation
- Risk -- security flags, KYC status
- Technical -- device, browser, attribution data
The detail page also shows which personas this person belongs to and their source type.
Editing people
- Navigate to a person's detail page.
- Click "Edit".
- Update any fields.
- Click "Save".
Some fields may be read-only depending on the source type.
Deleting people
- Navigate to a person's detail page.
- Click "Delete".
- Confirm the deletion.
Deleting a person removes them from all associated personas.
Source types
Every person has a source type that tells you where the data came from:
| Source | Description |
|---|---|
| Synthetic | Generated by AI from a template. Can be edited. |
| Manual | Created by a user through the form. All fields are user-entered. |
| Twin | Synced from an external system. May have accuracy scores and sync timestamps. |
People and personas
- People are automatically linked to personas when generated from templates.
- You can manually add or remove people from personas on the persona detail page.
- A person can belong to multiple personas.
Click a persona name on a person's detail page to navigate to that persona.
Custom fields
If the 113+ standard fields don't cover your needs, you can add custom fields:
- Go to Settings > Custom Fields.
- Create a custom field for the "Person" type.
- Choose a data type (string, number, boolean, date, array, etc.).
- Assign it to a field group.
Custom fields appear in people forms alongside standard fields and can be included in templates.
Tips
- Use templates for consistency. Generating from templates ensures coherent, realistic data across all fields.
- Focus on key fields. You don't need to fill in all 113+ fields -- start with Identity, Name and Contact, and Demographics.
- Link to personas. Associating people with personas makes it easier to analyze groups.
Next: Personas -- learn how to work with buyer personas.